AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
minimize Twit Definition of minimize Share Definition of minimize on Facebook Digg:Definition of minimize! stumble Definition of minimize Bookmark Definition of minimize on Delicious submit Definition of minimize to reddit Bookmark Definition of minimize
verb (minimiz, ing)
  1. (transitive): To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
  2. (context, computing) (transitive): To cause a window to disappear without closing the program or file or discarding any data.
I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.
Translations: 
  • French: minimiser
  • German: minimieren
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
  • Italian: minimizzare
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: minimizar
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, (computing) To cause a window to disappear)
Etymology: From Latin

     Source Definition of minimize
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Google
 

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2009 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.